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TulsaOklahoma City

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Narrated by The Chronicler 172 km · about 98 min · 20 stories

Old Route 66 across the red dirt: the destruction of Greenwood, Bob Wills inventing Western swing at Cain's Ballroom, Gene Autry's telegrapher years, the Dust Bowl migration, and the Arcadia Round Barn — built round so the devil couldn't corner you, or so they say.

The stories

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  1. 1
    Tulsa, Oklahoma

    The Rise of Western Swing

  2. 2
    Tulsa, Oklahoma

    The Destruction of Greenwood District Deep Dive · Part 1 of 3

  3. 3
    Tulsa, Oklahoma

    The Destruction of Greenwood District Deep Dive · Part 2 of 3

  4. 4
    Sapulpa, Oklahoma

    The Destruction of Greenwood District Deep Dive · Part 3 of 3

  5. 5
    Kellyville, Oklahoma

    Creek and Euchee Dance Grounds

  6. 6
    Bristow, Oklahoma

    The Frisco Railroad Operations

  7. 7
    Bristow, Oklahoma

    Gene Autry's Telegrapher Years

  8. 8
    Depew, Oklahoma

    The Sac and Fox Nation

  9. 9
    Depew, Oklahoma

    The Jurist of Stroud

  10. 10
    Stroud, Oklahoma

    The Stroud Liquor Trade

  11. 11
    Stroud, Oklahoma

    Stroud's Second Empire Landmark

  12. 12
    Chandler, Oklahoma

    The Cottage Style of Chandler

  13. 13
    Chandler, Oklahoma

    The Lincoln County Regulators

  14. 14
    Wellston, Oklahoma

    The Great Plains Dust Bowl Migration Deep Dive · Part 1 of 3

  15. 15
    Luther, Oklahoma

    The Great Plains Dust Bowl Migration Deep Dive · Part 2 of 3

  16. 16
    Luther, Oklahoma

    The Great Plains Dust Bowl Migration Deep Dive · Part 3 of 3

  17. 17
    Jones, Oklahoma

    The Arcadia Round Barn Restoration

  18. 18
    Edmond, Oklahoma

    The Old North Tower

  19. 19
    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

    The Showman of Oklahoma City

  20. 20
    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

    Discovery of the Oklahoma City Oil Field

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Where the stories come from

Infinite Road draws from a library of primary sources — public-domain county histories, the WPA American Guide Series, National Register of Historic Places records, local records, and encyclopedic sources — then writes and narrates each story in its own words.